Tetramorium
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Anergates
Anergates is a genus of myrmicine ants containing the single species Anergates atratulus, an extreme workerless social parasite. The species lacks a worker caste and depends entirely on host colonies of Tetramorium ants for survival and reproduction. It is listed on the IUCN Red List of threatened species.
Anergates atratulus
Anergates atratulus is an extreme workerless social parasite (inquiline) ant that lives exclusively within colonies of Tetramorium host species. It is one of the most specialized ant parasites known, lacking a worker caste entirely and producing only sexual forms (males and queens). The species is IUCN Red-Listed and considered rare across its European range.
Tetramorium hispidum
Tetramorium hispidum is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae, first described by Wheeler in 1915. It is distinguished from similar ants by the structure surrounding its antennal insertions. The species possesses short, stubble-like hairs on the pronotum and frontal carinae, and has 11-segmented antennae. As a member of the genus Tetramorium, it belongs to a diverse group of ants commonly known as pavement ants.
Tetramorium spinosum
Tetramorium spinosum is a species of ant in the family Formicidae, described by Pergande in 1896. It belongs to the genus Tetramorium, a diverse group of myrmicine ants commonly known as pavement ants. The species is part of the Tetramorium caespitum species complex, a group of morphologically similar ants that has been subject to taxonomic revision due to cryptic species diversity.